SUPIMA IN THE NEWS: Don Cameron

PHOENIX -- Recognizing his leadership in California agriculture, and his accomplishments in cotton production, 59-year-old California native Don Cameron has been named the winner of the 2012 Farm Press/Cotton Foundation High Cotton Award for the Western states.

Profiling Cameron in a recent edition of Delta Farm Press, here's some of what reporter Harry Cline had to say:

Cameron recalls that his peers in the desert sarcastically wished California cotton growers “good luck” growing Pima. But, Pima did much better in California.

The Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton does well on heavy ground, of which there is plenty in the valley. Cameron likes Pima because he says it can tolerate water stress better than Acala.

“You can hold back water more with Pima and set more bolls that with Acala. Once Acala blooms out the top, it will not recover. Pima will set more bolls with stress — it’s more forgiving than Acala.”

Read the whole story here.